Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 131 129: Advancement (Please subscribe, please vote)
Without Miller, Oakland was peaceful. Although after the chaos, the efficiency of various departments was high and the public security was good.
However, the "lazy feeling" of not having a boss watching over him all the time is still very obvious.

But when Miller returned, the day after he left Roy's house, he called all the civil servants together without any delay and held a meeting for a whole day.

The content is actually very simple. When I'm not around, just relax.

But now, I'm back, so everyone has to keep their guard up.

This time we are going to do something big!

For Miller, getting support from the cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor is the most difficult step, but it is only the first step.

In the future, how far we can go and how high we can go will depend on how well we do this.

Therefore, it is necessary to unify internal thoughts first and make everyone clear-headed.

Miller's second step was to launch a continuous publicity campaign.

The reason why he cut off the "Imperial Political News" was that he wanted to give Luo Yi a surprise, but in fact he wanted to wait for him to come back and make specific arrangements.

Then, starting from the third day, the Empire Evidence, the Oakland City Journal, and the Northern People's Daily all reported extensively.

Don’t think this is a big deal. As one of the few voices in this era, newspapers are almost the only source of information for most people, and their credibility is beyond imagination.

Of course, these reports have actually been polished by the Executive Yuan.

Some of them were even written by Miller, reporting on the new business model in an all-round and comprehensive manner.

It also gives a thorough analysis of Auckland's demand for railways, the huge benefits that will be brought about after the railway is completed, and even the various advantages of the "joint venture model".

All these really piqued the interest of Auckland residents, not only winning their approval, but also laying a solid foundation for subsequent land acquisition and recruitment.

In fact, it was not just the city of Oakland. The specific impact even spread outward, radiating to more than a dozen cities in the north of the Habsburg Empire.

This was intentional by Miller!

The reason is simple. Building a railway is not something that can be accomplished by just talking.

That would require a huge number of railway workers. Such a large-scale project of quarrying mountains and cutting rocks could not be done without sufficient manpower.

So, there are job advertisements at the bottom of almost every newspaper.

Although the Northern Railway Company had not even set up its framework and had not decided on its shareholders, it had already started recruiting people.

Luoyi believes in "preparation is the key to success, while lack of preparation leads to failure". Although it will take some time before the actual construction begins,
But Luo Yi had already wanted these workers.

Maruna rented a series of sheds in the east of the city, renovated them, and arranged for people to live in them.

Although I don’t have a job, I can start with training!

Building railways requires both physical strength and technical skills, and it is not something that can be done by just one person.

Therefore, Luo Yi provided them with food, shelter, and wages in order to train a group of excellent railway workers.

When the time came for the railway to be built, these people became team leaders and foremen, responsible for both supervising the work and serving as technical backbones.

Luo Yi also plans to train a group of excellent technicians from them. In the future, whether it is to continue to operate this railway company or take over other projects,
Or it may be necessary to switch to railway maintenance.

Of course, training mature railway workers requires teachers, and support from the empire has already arrived.

About a week after Miller returned, a group of people were escorted to Oakland by the Imperial Army.

The leader of this group was a middle-aged man in his forties with dark skin and a weather-beaten face.

He looks like someone who runs outside every day, just like an old farmer.

However, this man named Mars Adams holds the highest title in engineering, and is a man so talented that even the Imperial Royal Academy is eager to invite him to a position.

He was an expert in railway design, and almost all the railways in the Naruru region were designed by him.

The construction of a whole set of routes is not only efficient, but also connects the most important areas of the empire.

The fact that His Majesty the Emperor sent this person here shows his high expectations for this railway and his regard for Miller.

This one is really rude!

Miller originally thought that since such an important person had come, he had to hold a banquet to entertain him.

You still have to have some "social skills"!
The results of it?
This man did not stay in Auckland for long. He took people to conduct field investigations directly, leading a group of engineers to the remote countryside.

In terms of positivity, Miller is far behind.

However, he only took away a small number of people. The rest were veterans in railway construction and engineers of the empire.

Then, this group of people became training teachers.

Luo Yi went there once and saw them in class, and found that although these people were all intellectuals, they were also down-to-earth.

When teaching the workers, I don't teach them any high-sounding theories, but just practical operations.

What can be done, what can't be done, what should be done, what are the taboos...

Then we would provide them with actual cases, telling them what kind of accidents had happened in what place, how many people had died, etc., so that the workers would listen to them as stories.

I listened very carefully and really took it in!
After just one visit, Luo Yi never went there again. Obviously, this group of people knew how to teach and were not nerds.

Of course, no matter how fast the design is, it still takes time.

According to Miller's estimate, with the speed of Mars Adams's exploration, it should take a month to produce a preliminary blueprint. By then, the specific length of the railway, land area, consumables, cost, labor, construction time and other important information will all be estimated.

Once this information is complete, and after such a long period of promotion, Baron Miller can hold the auction.

The items being auctioned this time are naturally shares of the Northern Railway Company. Depending on the situation, the starting price will be 1% or 2%. The highest bidder wins and the final funds are raised.

Miller was naturally still a little worried, but Roy didn't care. If it really didn't work out, he would pay more and buy more shares.

In this era and with this operating model, as long as the railway is repaired and opened to traffic, it will be running at full capacity and become a money-making machine.

If you look closely at Miller's series of methods, it is not difficult to see that there are many shadows of Roy in them.

Although he is unwilling to get involved in politics, he can still talk and give some advice.

The reason why Miller attaches so much importance to publicity is actually due to the subtle influence of Roy.

Of course, since that meeting that day, Roy and Miller never met again. When they had something to do, they basically wrote letters and sent them directly.

It’s nothing, they are just too busy!

Miller was very busy. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and this was something he had never done before, so he had to be extra careful.

Even though he had confidence and a comprehensive plan, there were still so many things he needed to deal with every day that he was overwhelmed.

Even if it is a small matter, because there is no precedent and the people below cannot make up their minds, he has to make the final decision.

As a result, Miller slept less than four hours a day these days, and he often complained about this in his letters to Roy.

However, despite the complaints, Luo Yi could see the high spirits between the lines.

To put it in one sentence: Tired, but happy!

Of course, Miller was tired, and Roy wasn't much better.

The benefits Miller gave were big enough and could be considered a generous reward, but it would take a lot of time and effort for Loyi to digest these benefits.

The only thing that made Luo Yi feel relieved was that although he was "lazy" before, he still managed to reorganize the Lightning Magic Machinery Factory.

Otherwise, he would be really at a loss when faced with orders from the military.

But even if the process was optimized and ten more wizard apprentices were added, it was still stretched to the limit in the face of a larger production plan.

As a last resort, Luo Yi could only increase the "performance" reward by another 10%. With the money in place, the enthusiasm would be there.

But this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. Moreover, people will always get tired after working for a long time, production safety becomes a problem, and product quality will also decline.

For this reason, after much deliberation, Roy had to follow Damon Grayson's example and start pre-job training.

In a word: If there are not enough talents, I can just train them myself!

Not everyone has to go to a magic academy to understand the principles of mechanics.

These old workers may not be good at explaining theory, but they are really strong in practical skills.

What they lack is magic power and the corresponding knowledge.

Therefore, Roy directly hired his basic meditation teacher, Lando Valdes, at a high price and asked him to give classes to these people every night to teach them the basics of meditation.

Luo Yi even provided a secret meditation medicine called Soul-Fixing Spice. Although it was not free, it was only charged at cost price, twenty copper tiers per bottle.

This price is so reasonable that even Lando Valdes was tempted.

He even bought a batch from Luo Yi in private, but he didn't resell them. Instead, he gave them to family members.

It is worth mentioning that the issue of building railways in the "joint venture model" has caused a lot of controversy.

However, this "soul-fixing spice" has penetrated into every magic academy like a gentle rain that moistens everything in its path.

The empire issued an order to collect raw materials and then summoned pharmacists to refine them.

The result was that, as if overnight, this secret medicine flooded every magic academy and became a must-have for every first-year student.

In the past, potions could not even hold their heads up in front of magical medicines.

But this time, the meditation secret medicine scored a lot of points, and let everyone know that the secret medicine actually has a great effect.

Of course, although the Empire did not publicize it, anyone who was not a fool could see the value of the meditation secret medicine.

Although the secret medicine is very cheap, the entire market is in short supply. The price on the black market has been driven up to more than ten times, and there is no demand for it.

What Roy didn't expect was that the news that the Lightninger Magic Energy Machinery Factory provided cheap meditation secret medicine spread very quickly and widely.

So much so that when the factory was recruiting workers, the number of people who came was simply too exaggerated.

There are even a large number of them who dropped out of magic academy and have some basic knowledge of mechanics.

They just couldn't get started with meditation and couldn't step over that threshold, but here they saw an opportunity.

Seeing this, Luo Yi naturally accepted everyone who came, and even made the training class bigger and bigger, recruiting more and more people.

These are all talents, the more the better!

Of course, at this time, Luo Yi also knew clearly that the pharmaceutical company had to be put on the agenda.

　Here is the second update. I will prepare for tomorrow!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)